Professional Java EE Consultant

Sunday, February 1, 2015

Nowadays, cloud based IT Monitoring is a hot topic and there are different types of cloud based monitoring and management tools exist in the market, such as Application Monitoring, Network Monitoring and Server Monitoring from the cloud. There are several reasons to use such monitoring tools from the cloud :

Very very low cost of ownership against the other inhouse and onpremise solutions.

In this regard, we launched our Apache Tomcat Cloud Monitoring, Management and TroubleShooting Platform, ManageCat to easily monitor the Apache Tomcat, Apache TomEE and all other application servers/platforms using the Apache Tomcat.

There are a lot of companies use the Apache Tomcat for their production applications such as e-commerce, insurance or banking applications. They are very happy to use Apache Tomcat (easy to use, install and configure) but when it comes to a management and monitoring, they are facing with some complexity. They try to use different set of tools and platform for server monitoring purposes all installed in onpremise. ManageCat is launched to solve this problem. It provides a single complete platform to manage, monitor and troubleshoot the Tomcat servers from cloud.

In 5 Minutes, you can start to monitor your Apache Tomcat instances from cloud.

Start to Use ManageCat From Cloud

To start with ManageCat, you can simply fill the SaaS registration form from ManageCat Registration Page and the magic will start. After your registration, you will receive SaaS Account Key over email which will be used to register your Apache Tomcat servers. Registration email will also contain the links to download monitoring agents for your Apache Tomcat 6, 7 and 8 versions.

Register the Apache Tomcat Servers

To start monitoring, you have to download the monitoring agent from the links which are provided in the email that you received. Agent is a simple WAR archive which is named as console.war. Simply deploy the console.war to your monitored Apache Tomcat servers and configure the following properties in catalina.properties file of Tomcat.

com.managecat.controller.url : https://saas.managecat.com/

com.managecat.collector.url : https://collector.managecat.com/

com.managecat.console.agent.groupname :
Group name of the Tomcat server. Every Tomcat instance must belong to a
group. If this parameter is not provided, monitored server instance
will belong to a default-group.

com.managecat.console.agent.servername : User friendly server name of the agent. Must be unique among the same hosts, for example : Tomcat_Production.

com.managecat.console.agent.hostname : Host name of the monitored Tomcat server. This host name is used by SaaS Controller to communicate with the agent.SaaS controller must access the agent host.

com.managecat.console.agent.port :
HTTP/S port of the monitored Tomcat server connector. This port is used by
SaaS Controller instance to communicate with the agent, for example: 8080. This port must be opened in Firewall to access by the controller.

com.managecat.console.agent.contextname
: console. (If you change the name of console.war to something else, you also have to change this accordingly.)

After you configure the above properties in catalina.properties or adding them as Java System properties, you have to restart the Apache Tomcat instance. If you have successfully installed the agent, you will see a log like this in the Tomcat log file:

Open SaaS controller page from https://saas.managecat.com with the user name and password that you specified in registration form.

Click "Managed Servers" link from the controller menu,

You will see the servers in the Server Groups view.

You can click one of the registered server, then you will see the server properties in the table.

You can connect to the server view with clicking the "Connect"
image. The new popup window will be opened. (If your browser not allow
to open popups, you must enable to open popups.)

Below is the Server UI opened after you connect to the server.

Congratulations. Your installation of the agent is successful. You can also read User Manuals to get much more information.

Summary and Next Steps

Apache Tomcat is a great server but lacks of some management and monitoring capabilities. With ManageCat, you can easily start to monitor your servers from cloud in minutes. To get more information about the ManageCat please visit the http://managecat.com web site.If you face with any problem in registration and your trial, please do not hesitate to contact with us from http://support.managecat.com

Tuesday, January 27, 2015

ManageCat,
a provider of management platform for Apache Tomcat, Apache TomEE and
Apache Tomcat based Application Servers, today announced the general
availability of its first version of next-generation management
platform.
Founded by visionary entrepreneur Gurkan Erdogdu, also founder of
some other IT companies and member of Apache and OW2 Foundations,
ManageCat is founded to help his customers get complete control on their
Apache Tomcat and Apache Tomcat based Application servers by the use of
next-generation solution. ManageCat users can get complete control and
visibility on their Apache Tomcat instances easier than before.
Managecat has the following capabilities:

Management from a single User Interface

Monitoring of the most important metrics

Troubleshooting of the problems

“We have been working very hard on the first release of our
next-generation management platform that can be deployed in cloud or
on-premise,” said founder and CEO Gurkan Erdogdu. “This first release is
for managing Apache Tomcat and Apache Tomcat based applications
servers, but our vision is to bring a single management platform for
everything, in cloud or on-premise. The first feedbacks that we get from
our early access customers are very promising. We always listen our
customers and shape our roadmap according to their needs.”

Version 2 of ManageCat, which is expected to bring intelligence to the platform will ship early in the second half of 2015.

How to Get ManageCat
Get started with ManageCat in minutes by visiting the ManageCat website fora 15 day free trial, in-cloud or on-premise.

About ManageCat
According to latest researches, nearly 50% of the market is using
Apache Tomcat for their applications, but there is no solution that is
developed for the mission to manage, monitor and troubleshoot Apache
Tomcat and Apache Tomcat based Application servers easily, in cloud or
on-premise.

Managecat
is founded to help his customers get complete control and visibilty
into their Apache Tomcat instances with a next-generation solution.
ManageCat users can now get visibility and control on their Apache
Tomcat

Tuesday, November 12, 2013

Would you like to get Apache Tomcat or TomEE professional service support from Java EE gurus with no hidden cost! Me and my Java EE teamprovides 5x8 and 24x7 enterprise support for the Apache Tomcat and TomEE Server. As a founder of the project Apache OpenWebBeans and several other big Java EE projects, we know the Apache Tomcat and TomEE and related projects in source code level.

Here is the deal:

Basic Support

Standard Support

Enterprise Support

Support Features

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Emergency
Hot Fixes

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5x8
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7x24

Number
of Incidents

5

Unlimited

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Web
Based Support

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Bug
Fix Priority

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Bug
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Phone
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8-12
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of Life Support

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* Per server means that physical or virtual server with single MAC address. It doesn't matter how many Tomcat instance the server contains.

Contact with me to get more information about price and support options!

TomEE, Tomcat and OpenWebBeans are trademarks of The Apache Software Foundation

Friday, November 1, 2013

The Turkey100 taking the global stage at the 5th
Izmir Economic Congress with
his Excellency Cevdet Yilmaz, Minister of Development,
in front of a packed audience of 700+

Izmir, Turkey, 31 October 2013...During the last
decade, Turkey's consistent track record of rapid GDP growth
confirms its standing as an economic leader and as a coveted
destination for global investment. Now, a new dimension of that
success story is emerging - that of Turkey as an entrepreneurial
powerhouse.

The AllWorld Turkey100 Awards Gala was held October
31 in front of a standing room audience of 700 at the 5th Izmir
Economic Congress. The Gala Awards were hosted by the Minister of
Development, AllWorld Network, and the Union of Chambers and
Commodity Exchanges of Turkey with the Economic Policy Research
Foundation of Turkey.